Matrix-setting and type-line-casting machine



Ndv. 4, 1930. J. 'DORNETH 1,780,816

MATRIX SETTING AND TYPE LINE CASTING M ACHI NE Filed June 4, 1929 2Sheets-Sheet l FIEL FIE; '1 4 Q: J. pun e15} Nov. 4, 1930. .1. DORNETHMATRIX SETTING AND TYPE LINE CASTING MACHINE Filed June 4, 1929 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Jjwenforx (T a f 2 f 4 Patented Nov. 4, 1930 I umrsoSTATES PATENT OFFICE 7 JULIUS nomvn'rrr, or BERLIN-KONRADSHOHE,ennivmnxnssreuon TO THEYFIRM V TYPOGRAPH-(GESELLSCHAFT M. 11., orBERLIN, GERMANY MATRIX-SETTING AND TYPE-LINE GAS TING MACHINEApplication 'filed June 4, 1929, Serial No. 368,237,21116. in GermanyNovember 29, 1928.

This invention relates to a matrix setting and type-line casting machinein which the matrices are guided in a cycle on wires and in which theline set is brought by means of a carriage to the casting point, andafter the casting operation is moved away from it in ordertobedistributed. In such machines it has been impossible hitherto to usering spacers which, as is well known, ensure good justifying, as thering spacers were mounted on fixed square spindles. The invention makesit possible to use ring spacers by arranging them so that they areguided on guide wires in a manner known in itself, and by arranging thesquare spindles in an adjustable manner so that after the setting of theline in the casting place and after the casting operation, the saidsquare spindles can be withdrawn from the spacer rings.

A construction according to the invention with two square spindlesarranged one above the other, is illustrated by way of example in theaccompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a plan of the casting place with the locking jaw closed,after the casting has been made.

Figure 2 is a plan with the line locking jaw open; I

Figure 3 is a partial view, looking in the direction of the arrow I inFigures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is an elevation, partly in section, looking in the direction ofthe arow II in Figure 1. a

Figure 5 is a section, on line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Figures 6 and 7 are elevations, looking in the direction of the arrowIII in Figures 1 and 2, with the parts in two positions.

Figures 8 and 9 are partial views looking in the-direction of the arrowIV in Figure 6, with two positions of the parts, and

Figures 10 and 11 are detail views insection on lines 10-1O of Figure 6,in two positions.

The type-line which is made up in the usual manner from matrices 1suspended on wires, and from ring spacers 2, each two of which arearranged one above the other (Figure 5) on a rod suspended from a wirein the same Way as the matrices, is pushed for instance in the knownmanner by a slide from the setting point in a carriage movable 1n thevertical direction, to the casting point (Figure 2), cast in thecarriage. and then carried away by thecarriage todistribute the lineagain. At the casting point (Figs ure 2), the line is clamped fastbetween the aws 3, One jaw4 isfixed, but arranged ad ustably and maybe'locked in a guide 5 by means of a screw 6, a scale 7 ensuring anexact adjustment. The other jaw. 3 is mounted on a longitudinally'"adjustable spindle 8 which has a limitedamount of rotation and ismountedin the machineTbed. To the spindle 8 is rigidly, secured a sleeve9 with a recess 10 at the top and witha lateral pin ll with an end 12bent upwards (see also,

Figures 8 and 9). Next to the sleeve 9a verti'cal plate 13 is arrangedforming part of the machine bedand provided with a slot 14 eX- tendingobliquely downwards and with a recess 15 on the upperedge. On the saidplate is mounted in a longitudinally adjustable manher a second plate17.guided by pins and slots 16 and provided with an arm 18 which is mountedin the recess 15' of the plate 13 and engages with the recess 10 of thesleeve.

An arm 20 (Figure 6) is connected by a link 19 to the plate 17 and thearm is secured to a vertical sleeve 21 which is rotatably mounted on apin 22 and provided at the top with a second arm 23 corresponding to thearm 20. The arms 20, 23 are provided at their ends with bores24:which'forinbearings. for one end of the. square spindles 25 carrying thering spacers 2, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

' )Vhenthe spindle 8 is moved, by hand or by the machine in oppositiontothe pressure I spindle'8, the pin 11 of the sleeve 9 will slide intothe oblique guide 14, owing to which the spindle 8 will be turnedsimultaneously with its longitudinalmovement, until the bent end '12 ofthe pin llis caught by a pawl 27, whereby the spindle 8- will be lockedin that position (Figure 7) i I Thepin 11, 12 then strikes-an arm 28which Y issecuredto a slide 29*guided ina' guide 30.

This slide has a rectangular recess-31 (Fig- ;ures lOand'll) throughwhich a'vertica-l rod 32 is guided with play; i On the slide 29 againstwhich presses a spring 34, is mounted a pin 33 which can engagewith ahole/of the rod 32, Owing to the movement of the slide 29 to the right,due to the striking of the pin .11, against the arm 28, the pin 33 willbe withdra wn from the rod 32, the latter will t. thus be releasedand'pulled downwards by; a

spring 35,owing,to which the drive for the S machine partsefl'ecti'ngthe casting'of the line,

, will be thrown into action.

7 en'the'casting finished, the parts rn ust be brought back totheirinitial position. To 1 that end, on the spindle 36 of 'thecastingmould'snpport (Figure 8) is provided a provjec tie'n 371which, on theturning {of the spindle, strikes j-a'" projection Qor finger '38 of therod i32fand raises the'datte'r'Q A projection 39*provided on thefrod 32then strikes the pawl'i27 and raises it,lthereby releasing the pin '11,12., The spindle 8' is then pressed back by the spring 26, and at thesame time i gunned back bythe oblique slot 14 so that it i isagain-inithe positionshown'in Fig'ure2;

In the raised position of'the rod 32,the pin'33 springs forward againand locks the saidrod,

As the ring spacers 2Iare suspended to wires like the matrices1,:arebrought by a slide to the casting point and are moved away 7 againfrom the latter by a vertically adjustable carriage,it is necessary thatthe square spindles 25fw'hi'ch produce the turning'of the dles 25.. Onan-adjustable rod 40 (see also Figures 3 and 4) one arm of a bell cranklever '41 res-ts, the other arm of which presses against a horizontallyguided rod 42. vThe latt h gsby means o1 teeth 43,

toothed wheel 44, to the spindle'45 of which is secured a rocker arm46.- The latter is 'con-.

' neet'ed by a link' to a sleeve 47 which is hori zon tally guided onaguide rod 48 and rigidly 6,, secured t'o one end of the square spindles25-.

After the casting operation, the square spin dles 25 are horizontallymoved from the position shown in Figure 2 to the position shownin-Figure' 1, by means of the parts 4048,

, during which time they are guided, in "addition to the sleeve 47, alsoinvthe machine bed and in their driving wheels.

The spacer rings are therefore released and may be raised to thedistributing point, whilst after the distribution of the matrices and ofthe'spacerrings ,-the parts 25, 47,46 etcimove in the oppositedirection, therod 40 "is low ered and a spring 49 (Figure 3) turns therocker arm 46back again towards the ma-;

chine tea- 1 a v a V On'the rod 40 is provided aprojection 50 verticallyadjustable plate 52 (Figure 4). The latter is provided at its upper endwith a'pin 53 which engages from below with a lever 54. The latter isrigidly secured to' a spindle 55 rotatably mounted in the machinewhich,engages'awith aflprojection 51 ofa j" i bed, on the other end {ofwhich ismounted a similar lever 56. In the machine bed is fun 5 thermounted a spindle 57 on which is mounted in an'oscillating manner thebar :58 in tended for the adjusting or levelling of the matrices, whichis so constructed" that owing to the weight distribution, it assumes theob lique position indicated in Figure To the rocking lever 461sconnected byja horizontally adjustable" bar 61 the'end of which isbevelled.

is turned bythe spring 49 towards the ma chine bed, it will press thebar 61 against a position shown in Figure4 into that'shown jointed rod59 and'a bell-crank lever 60, a 7

As soon 'asduring the lowering of therod40', the'rocking -lever 46" camsurface of the straightening or levelling j=bar58 and thereby move thelatter fronr the o o in Figured At the'same time the-plate52 willdescend and allow the levers-54', 56'to engage behind the lugs 62 of thestraightening bar,f owing to which the lattenwill be locked, When therod 40 is raised, the plate 52 will alsobe raised, owing to which thelevers 54 56 will be raised and 'asx'the bar 61 is at the same timepulled back, the straight ening or levelling bar 58 will be released andI will be able to' turn upwardsfagain. q a As indicated in dotted linesin Figure 4, the r'od'4'0 can be turned ou't ofengagement with the bellcrank lever 41, owing to'which I it will be released at the same-timefrom the projection 51. Owing to this, the machine can work without theparts described being moved. The line can then be cast repeatedly.

The working-otthe machine is therefore as follo'wsz" v After the linehasbeen set and brought by the carriage to thecasting point (Figure 2),it must bejusti'fied: Thisis done by moving the spindle 8 in thedirection of the arrow'V (Figure 2). The plate 17 is thereby movedhorizontally, and the arms 20, '23 are turned towards the line so thatthey are at rightangles to the same." During the movement of the spindle8, the latter is at the time turned by the cam slot 14 until the pin 12is locked by the'hook 27. At the end of this turning movement, the pin12 will move the slide 29 and release the locking device 33, so that thespring will be able to pull down the rod 32 and to throw the machineinto gear.

After the casting is finished, the spindle 36 of the casting mouldholder will raise the rod 32 which, at the end of its movement, will belocked by the pin 33. During the raising of the rod 32, the lockingdevice27 will be released, and the spindle 8 moved back and turned bythe spring 26, owing to which the plate 17 will be withdrawn and thearms 20, 23 turned outwards. At the same time, the rod 40 will also beraised by a cam of the main shaft of the machine. The parts 54, 61 willbe brought thereby to the distributing position so that the levellingbar can turn upwards whilst at the same time the square spindles 25 arewithdrawn from the spacer rings. The carriage can now carry the castline upwards. During this operation whichis performed by the machine,the cam which raised the rod 40, releases the same and allows it to falldown. The spring 49 then pulls the rocking lever 46 towards the machinebed, since the back pressure on the bellcrank lever 41 has ceased, andby means of the gear wheel 44, brings the rack 43, the rod 42 and thebell crank lever 41 back to the initial position. 7

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is 1. In a matrix-setting and type-line casting machine ofthe type having a frame, matrices, ring spacers, wires guiding saidmatrices and ring spacers, means to set the matrices, and ring spacersto a line, and means to bring the set line to the casting point and,after the casting operation, to move away therefrom, a square spindlefor the ring spacers and means to withdraw the square spindle from thering spacers after the casting of the line.

2. In a matrix-setting and type-line casting machine of the type havinga frame, matrices, ring spacers, wires guiding said matrices and ringspacers, means to set the mat rices and ring spacers to a line, andmeansto bring the set line to the casting point and, after the castingoperation, to move away therefrom, a square spindle for the ring spacersmounted at one end in the frame, a bearing holding the, other end of thesquare spindle, means to move away the bearing from the square spindleand means to withdraw the square spindle from the ring spacers after thecasting of the line.

3. In a matrix-setting and type-line casting machine of the type havinga frame, mat rices, ring spacers, wires guiding said matrices and ringspacers, means to set the matrices and ring spacers to a line, and meansto bring the set line to the casting point and,

after the" ca'sting 'operation, to "move away therefrom,-a squarespindle for the ring spac-' ers and-a rocking lever engaging with oneend of the square spindle, -a rod moved during the working of themachine and transmission members and levers between said rod and saidrocking lever. I V 4. In a matrix-setting and type-line cast ing machineof the type having a frame, mat rices, ring spacers,-wires guiding saidmat rices and ring spacers, means toset thematrices, and ring spacers toa line, and means to bring the set 'line to the casing point and, afterthe casting operation, to move away therefrom, a-square spindle for thering spacers and mean's to withdraw the square spindle from the ringspacers after the casting of the line, a bar' adjusting the matrices intheir vertical position and means to rock said bar out of its workingposition.

5. In a matrix-setting and type-line casting machine of the type havinga frame, mat rices, ring spacers, wires guiding said matrices and ringspacers, means to setthe matrices, and ring spacers to a line, and meansto bring the set line to the castlng point and,

after the casting operation, to move away therefrom, a square spindlefor the ring spac ers and means to withdraw the square spindle from thering spacers after the casting of the line, a rod moved during theworking of the machine, a'bar adjustingthe'matrices in their verticalposition, a second bar moved by the said rod and pressing against a camface of the adjusting bar and turning it into its working position,whilst it is turned out of the said position by theacting of its ownweight.

6. In a matrix-setting and type-line casting machine of the type havinga frame, mat rices, ring spacers, wires guiding said matrices and ringspacers, means to set the matrices, and ring spacers to a line, andmeans to bring the set line to the casting point and, after the castingoperation, to move away therefrom, a square spindle for the ring spacersand means to withdraw the square spindle from the ring, spacers afterthe casting of the line, a rod moved during the working of the machine,a bar adjusting the matrices in their vertical position, and lockinglevers which look the adjustingbar in the working position and arethrown in and out by the movement of the said rod.

7 In a matrix-setting and type-line casting machine of the type having aframe, mating of the line, a longitudinally movablev spindle with alimited amount of rotation, a

rices, ring spacers, wires guldlng sald matits line clamping jaw'o'nsaid spindle, a plate moved by said spindle, and a rocking lever,

connected by-"links to said plate and forming ajbearinglfor the one endof the square spindle, r q 8. In a matrix-settlng and type-line castingmachine of the type having a frame, mat- :rices, ringspacers, wiresguiding said matrices andringspacerS, means to set thematrices, and ringspacers to a line, and means to bring the set line to the. casting pointand,

after. the casting operation, to move away therefrom, a square spindlefor the ring spacers and means to withdraw the square spindle from thering spacersafterthe casting. of the line, a; longitudinally movablespindlefwith a limited amount of rotation, a line clamping j aw and apin on said spindle,

' a fixed oblique slot guiding thepinand turnmg the spindle and alocking device which prevents the machine from being thrown into;

gearand which is released by said pin.

9.--In a matrix-settingand type-line casting machine of the type havinga frame, matrlces, ringspacers, wires guiding said matrices and ringspacers, means to set the matrices, and ring spacers to a line, andmeans to bringthe set line to the casting point and,

after the casting operation, to move away v therefrom a square spindlefor the ring spacers and means to withdraw the square spindle from thering spacersafter the casting ofthe line, a longitudinally movablespindle witha limited amount of rotation, a

line clamping jaw and a pin on said spindle,

a fixed oblique'slot guiding the pin and turning the spindle, a-lockingdevice for said pm when the machine is thrown into gear and Iautomatical meansfor releasing the said lockingdevice afterthe casting.U In testimony whereof I alfix my signature. o v. V JULIUS 'DORNETH.

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